Post by pavel on Jan 18, 2016 22:52:42 GMT -6
Former University of Tulsa student sues after suspension for alleged social media harassment
A former University of Tulsa student who was suspended in 2014 for an alleged violation of the school’s harassment policy has filed a lawsuit claiming his dismissal was unfair and was a breach of the institution’s commitment to due process for students accused of misconduct.
George “Trey” Barnett III, who was studying theater at TU, was suspended from Oct. 24, 2014, until Jan. 1, 2016, after another student and two professors complained about a series of Facebook posts created by Barnett’s husband, Christopher Mangum, who was his fiance at the time and was not a student.
Barnett’s lawsuit alleges negligence on the part of the university in large part because school officials refused to allow him a hearing to defend himself. It asks for more than $75,000 in damages.
The Tulsa World obtained copies of the Facebook posts at issue, which were written from March to September 2014. They allege one professor was having an affair and comment on a theater student’s weight, stating the student needed to “quit living in a fantasy world believing it’s OK to be morbidly obese.”
Read more: www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/former-university-of-tulsa-student-sues-after-suspension-for-alleged/article_ff3a23be-b00e-553b-9e16-cb93236ce497.html
A former University of Tulsa student who was suspended in 2014 for an alleged violation of the school’s harassment policy has filed a lawsuit claiming his dismissal was unfair and was a breach of the institution’s commitment to due process for students accused of misconduct.
George “Trey” Barnett III, who was studying theater at TU, was suspended from Oct. 24, 2014, until Jan. 1, 2016, after another student and two professors complained about a series of Facebook posts created by Barnett’s husband, Christopher Mangum, who was his fiance at the time and was not a student.
Barnett’s lawsuit alleges negligence on the part of the university in large part because school officials refused to allow him a hearing to defend himself. It asks for more than $75,000 in damages.
The Tulsa World obtained copies of the Facebook posts at issue, which were written from March to September 2014. They allege one professor was having an affair and comment on a theater student’s weight, stating the student needed to “quit living in a fantasy world believing it’s OK to be morbidly obese.”
Read more: www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/former-university-of-tulsa-student-sues-after-suspension-for-alleged/article_ff3a23be-b00e-553b-9e16-cb93236ce497.html